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Despite the absence of public hearings, the New Progressive Party delegation in the Senate voted in favor of the bill, introducing last-minute amendments that had neither been disclosed nor discussed beforehand.

As the Senate prepared to vote on the measure, members of the press and civil society warned that it would weaken Puerto Ricans’ right to know how their government operates.

The Senate announced late Friday that this week it will bring to a vote a bill that threatens the right to know for all of us who live in Puerto Rico.

San Juan – The Puerto Rico Department of Health was sued again this past Monday for not providing public information and ignoring requests for data and reports related to its response to hurricanes Irma and María, the 2020 earthquakes, and Hurricane Fiona. This is the fifth time that the Center for Investigative Journalism (CPI, in […]